The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-05-26
IN A DENSE FOG.
The Celtic Runs Into the Bri-
fannie.
Several of the Latter's Pas
sengers Killed.
Five or SIX Lives Lost ana Many Per-
sons Observation-Disclosures Bodies Quick
" Flung Into the Sea.

Five or Six Lives Lost and Many Per-
sons Ipjured.-Mangied Bodies Quick
~ Flung Into the Sea.
The steamers Celtic from Liverpool and
Britannia from New York for Liverpool
collided May 10, at 5, 25 p, M, $50 miles east
of Sandy Hook, and were compelled to res
main at Sandy Hook bar till next day,
owing to a dense fog. -Four Of the Britain
MICS steerage passengers were lost.
The weather at the time of the collision
was calm and sea smooth, with fog at inter-
walls. The Britannia was struck on the port
side and considerably damaged. Her boats
were lowered and filled with women and
children from tho cabin and steeragc in a
very orderly and expeditions manner. 1t is
to their shame that several men forced them
selves into the boats. An examination was
made and it was found that the Britannia
was not likely to founder and such boats as
we're within hail were recalled, and their oc-
cupants received on board The others had
boarded the Celtic, A pad was made and
placed over the hole in the Britannic's side,
And she was turned about toward New York,
having arranged with the Celtic to keep COM
pany. The blow Of the Celtic on the bow of the
Britannia glanced along the sid, and re
bounded twice in its course, smashing two
small boats to pieces and bending the heavy
iron force pump that stood near the butchers
quarters like piece of tin. As the bow
struck the pump it caught a steerage pas
hin, opoipst tina iron and
cut the body completely in two. A little
girl of about II years, named Robinson, who
was with her mother and brother on her way
to England for visit, was also crushed by
the bow, her face and breast being split open.
The Storage passengers made n stampede
for tie starboard steamboats,, but were driven
back by the officers and crew, and tho ladies
were allowed to embark first There was a
sudden rush, mostly by the men, for the
boats, until Capt. Perry drew his revolver
and threatened to shoot the next man who
attempted 10 enter boat The crew, il c.ud-
ing the firemen and stokers, were among III,
most violent in their attempts to jump into
the boat. Several Of them succeeded. Al
though there was not sufficient number OF
life preservers for the passengers, thee mon
seized any that they could lay their hands
on. The wife of the man who was
crushed against the pump, when she saw her
husbands body tossed into The sea became
frantic, shrieked that she wanted to follow
him, and would have cast herself over the
side had she not been restrained by other
passengers. There was great excitement
everywhere, the crew being as badly fright
sned as any of the passengers, and under
very little control of their superiors. Col.
Grove, one of the Storage passengers said
he measured the rail where it was carried
away, and he found it was 80 full PAGES, or
over 90 feet. Eight or ten people werc in
jured by the iron work as it fell, or the
woodwork as it was crushed in. The steerage
passengers state that the known killed in
clude three men, woman and the girl, but
they added their belief that two or three
others whom they had not seen since the col,
lision, might be among the dead and thrown
overheard. All the bodies were thrown owe,
turing the night after the collision.